Blood Simple (1985)
Blood Simple (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Blood Simple is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Vudu
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Cast & Crew.
John Getz
Ray
Frances McDormand
Abby
Dan Hedaya
Julian Marty
M. Emmet Walsh
Loren Visser
Samm-Art Williams
Meurice
Deborah Neumann
Debra
Raquel Gavia
Landlady
Van Brooks
Man from Lubbock / Production Assistant
Señor Marco
Mr. Garcia
William Creamer
Old Cracker
Loren Bivens
Strip Bar Exhorter / Special Effects Coordinator
Bob McAdams
Strip Bar Senator
Shannon Sedwick
Stripper
Nancy Finger
Girl on Overlook
William Preston Robertson
Radio Evangelist (voice)
Holly Hunter
Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Barry Sonnenfeld
Marty's Vomiting (voice) (uncredited) / Director of Photography
Ethan Coen
Producer / Editor / Writer / Director
Joel Coen
Director / Editor / Writer / Producer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Daniel F. Bacaner
Executive Producer
Mark Silverman
Associate Producer
Don Wiegmann
Editor / Electrician
Julie Hughes
Casting
Barry Moss
Casting
Jean Ann Black
Makeup Artist
Paul R. Smith
Prosthetic Makeup Artist / Special Effects Makeup Artist
Skip Lievsay
Sound Editor
Michael R. Miller
Sound Editor
Lee Orloff
Sound Mixer
Peter F. Kurland
Boom Operator
Jun Mizumachi
Special Sound Effects
Fred Szymanski
Special Sound Effects
Mel Zelniker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Deborah Reinisch
First Assistant Director
Edith M. Clark
Location Manager / Casting
Steve Love
Second Assistant Director
Shannon Wood
Third Assistant Director
Don Hartack
Location Coordinator
Alma Kuttruff
Production Office Coordinator
Shirley Belwood
Property Master
David J. Frederick
Focus Puller / Assistant Camera
Don Kirk
Clapper Loader
Joey Forsyte
Gaffer
John Shaw
Electrician
Tom Prophet Jr.
Key Grip
Richard Creasy
Best Boy Grip
Chelle Coleman
Wardrobe Assistant
Andreas Laven
Script Supervisor
Nancy Griffith
Set Dresser
Jeffrey Michael Adams
Art Department Assistant
Michael Peal
Art Department Assistant
Kathy Baker
Art Department Assistant
Dave Pearce
Art Department Assistant
David Wander
Photo Retouching
Edna Ruth Paul
Editorial Consultant
Murri Barber
Music Producer
Lizanne Brazell
Dialogue Coach
Peter Golden
Casting Associate
Victor Concepcion
Negative Cutter
Ingrid Weigand
Production Assistant
David McGill
Production Assistant
Melanie Hecht
Production Assistant
Webster Lewin
Production Assistant
Darrell Kreitz
Production Assistant
Adam Smith
Production Assistant
John Woodward
Production Assistant
Richard Woolsey
Production Assistant
Shawn Malone
Production Assistant
Tom Martin
Production Assistant
Blaine Pennington
Still Photographer
Phil DiMaggio
Casting Associate
Jane Musky
Production Design
Sara Medina-Pape
Costume Design
Marcos E. González
Assistant Property Master
Beth Perry
Graphic Designer
Steve Roll
Assistant Production Design
Robert A. Sturtevant
Art Department Assistant / Carpenter
Kirk Hunter
Art Department Assistant
Lewis Goldstein
Sound Effects
Bradford L. Hohle
Dolby Consultant
Blake Leyh
Sound Effects
Michael O'Sullivan
Special Effects
Angelo Louis Suasnovar Jr.
Grip
Todd Kasow
Music Editor
Joseph Lockwood
Driver
Ben Barenholtz
Presenter
Jim Pedas
Presenter
Ted Pedas
Presenter
Bruce Campbell
Stand In
Ivan Bigley
Thanks
George Majesski
Thanks
Earl Miller
Thanks
Hilary Nye
Thanks
Ron Seres
Thanks
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 18, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Budget$1,500,000
Box Office$4,229,114
Genres
Wiki.
Blood Simple is a 1984 American independent neo-noir crime film written, edited, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, and M. Emmet Walsh. Its plot follows a Texas bartender who finds himself in the midst of a murder plot when his boss discovers that he is having a love affair with his wife and he hires a private investigator to kill the couple but the investigator has his own agenda. It was the directorial debut of the Coens and the first major film of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, who later became a director, as well as the feature-film debut of McDormand.
The film's title derives from the Dashiell Hammett novel Red Harvest (1929), in which the term "blood simple" describes the addled, fearful mind-set of people after prolonged immersion in violent situations. Stylistically, the film has been noted for its blending elements of neo-noir, pulp crime stories, and low-budget horror films. In 2001, a director's cut was released, the same year that it was ranked number 98 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills.